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You're not alone: This email from Google's Gemini team is concerning
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this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2025
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I don't feel very concerned... That's kind of the point of the service.
Good that there's an opt-out.
edit: I dug around for it. They seem to mean the literal "Apps" settings page and not the "Settings" page. Every individual app that Gemini is capable of connecting to has a switch there. In Gemini, press your profile picture, then apps. In there you can both access the activity setting and decide which apps Gemini has access to.
A supposed opt-out
Well, yeah. I haven't actually seen this email yet in my personal inbox, ~~nor have I found the opt out personally. Google is kinda weird with their staggered rollouts but I figure it'll turn up. I'm on a Pixel, so anything else would be quite odd.~~
edit: seems to be in the top right corner of Gemini, press your profile picture and then apps. That's where the settings are. You can opt out of Gemini having access to any app in the list on an individual basis.
It is my memory at fault or it was discovered, various times, that Google (and all the others obviously) tracked people also when they opted out ?
I don't remember, but it wouldn't surprise me.
Like, I personally find it useful enough to have stuff enabled, but I do get that people want it off for real. I wouldn't be surprised if the only way to achieve that is to degoogle the phone.